Why MG club?

Bright Chikwendu
AssociateYouth Director
Lagos Mainland Conference, Nigeria
MASTER GUIDE MINISTRY
DEFINITION

The Master Guide Ministry is a

development and mentoring program
for youth leadership within the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
serving the entire community through
Club Ministries.
AS A MG I NEED TO BE…..

an example in Word, Conduct, Love,

Spirit, Faith, and Purity.” based on 1
Timothy 4:12-NKJV
STAGES;
 Becoming a MG
 Becoming PLA and or ALG certified

 Becoming APLA certified

BECOMING A MG
 You’ll become a mentee
 You’ll be trained on various sections

 You’ll be sure to be ready to SERVE and not to be ready

to REST
Once a Master Guide becomes invested his/her
role changes from being a trainee to becoming a
trainer. By extention means you are called for
service and would be willing to serve in all
capacity to show your active participation. The
Master Guide can still be a part of a church
Master Guide club and must remain an active
staff member of an Adventurer, Pathfinder club,
serve youth as well as serving as a mentor to a
Master Guide candidate within their club
ADVANCED CERTIFICATION(ALG,PLA, APLA
Once the Master Guide level has been completed, most leaders feel they
“have arrived” and now have the necessary tools to properly guide their
youth through the varied programs the church has for its youth. This
feeling of adequacy may last a short time or for quite a while, but sooner
or later one begins to sense that unnecessary mistakes are being made;
that the world continues but somehow “I got left behind.”

Also, in many areas of the world there are now in place laws which
require continuing education on the part of anyone who works with
young people, be they paid employees or volunteers. Generally, this
expected continuing education can be in the form of youth related
workshops/seminars to be attended on a periodic basis.
ADVANCED CERTIFICATION(ALG,PLA)
This continues to be the highest level of leadership within the
Adventurer/Pathfinder programs of the church. It focuses on
one’s personal spiritual life and growth first and foremost
General leadership skills are then woven into the sharpening of
those skills which are specifically geared to leading youth in
God-ordained areas of development: understanding God’s
world of nature, outreach ministry, service to others, and a life-
style which denotes healthy living. As one church leader of the
past simply put it: “You can’t teach what you don’t know, and
you can’t lead where you won’t go.” As leaders we must not be
good at only spouting theory if we expect to see success with
our youth ministry; we must live what we preach and
demonstrate.
 APLA/PIA
This level is heavy on training the trainers– Leaders who will be
involved in helping local club leadership be as focused and sharp as
possible. Persons who attempt this level must be approved by the
local conference youth department, which would imply that these
persons are already living exemplary Seventh-day Adventist Christian
lives.

They qualify as true role models in their daily living, in leadership,

and in all Pathfinder-related skills. The skills learned during this level
of continuing education will enable the candidate to clearly present
the very best of knowledge in the very best of ways so that club
leadership will gain the maximum benefit – implying, therefore, that
the children receiving the actual development process might truly
become the very best youth in the world.
WHAT IS NEEDED TO BECOME INVESTED IN
THE ADVANCED CATEGORY?
 A checklist
 3ring folder with documented reviews

 Study

 Attend Seminars(AYMT, ALG, PLA, APLA others)

 Join in the other activities

 Achieve honor activities

THE CURRICULUM
 Personal growth
 Skills development

 Out door activities

 Social Activities
 RECOMMENDATION;
 As a club you need mentors/instructors who are sound and able
to manager MGs and other sessions while the Deputy on
Discipleship works with them
 You need a reading Club. The essense of the reading club it to
help us have a deeper understanding and help us all be on the
same page as we study.
 You need a First Aid training done by AHA or Red Cross

 You need to ensure clubs around you are functional as you are
now signed up to become a professional
 All leaders should make a jacket and honor sash
PROGRAMS
 MG Retreat/Camp out
 Trainings

 Evangelism and Adventist Community Services

General Advice and
Prayer